login · digital
Ask Prometheusan event when a user gains access to a computer by providing an identifier
Login (noun) means: an event when a user gains access to a computer by providing an identifier. It emerges from user, access, security, computer: the user provides an identifier, enabling security to verify identity and allow access to the digital computer. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 12, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).
Examples
- In 2023, 2.1 billion Facebook users entered passwords to access their accounts daily. computing
- Employees at Tesla’s Fremont factory scan RFID badges to enter restricted production zones. engineering
- Citibank customers used ATM PINs to retrieve cash, verifying identity since 1977. economics
Emergence
through: the user provides an identifier, enabling security to verify identity and allow access to the digital computer
- authenticated access
- identity verification
- secured entry point
Chain to foundations
full chain as text (238 steps)
- loginL12
- userL7
- peopleL6
- othersL2
- spaceL0
- timeL0
- patternL0
- differenceL1
- patternL0
- setsL3
- patternL0
- othersL2
- boundaryL2
- spaceL0
- differenceL1
- changeL1
- differenceL1
- persistL1
- distinctL3
- differenceL1
- othersL2
- entitiesL4
- interactingL4
- interactionL2
- touchL3
- groupsL5
- timeL0
- othersL2
- useL6
- systemL5
- setsL3
- partL1
- structureL2
- interactionL2
- peopleL6
- accessL5
- securityL6
- computerL11
- deviceL5
- digitalL7
- informationL6
- patternL0
- distinctL3
- makeL4
- codeL10
- patternL0
- informationL6
- arrangementL3
- marksL5
- followsL9
- regularL1
- informationL6
- processL4
- useL6
- eventL3
- getL5
- nameL7
- provideL8
- identifierL8
- nameL7
- differenceL1
- justL2
- othersL2
- userL7
Neighborhood
Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.
Relations
| is-a | access.entry | login is a type of access |